Greensboro crash kills driver after hit-and-run, police suspect impairment
A 29-year-old Greensboro man died after police say a downtown hit-and-run, speeding and suspected impairment led to a rollover near South Benbow Road.
Reckless driving, a downtown hit-and-run and suspected impairment ended in a fatal rollover near South Benbow Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, where a 29-year-old Greensboro man died after his Acura RSX struck a parked Chevrolet Cobalt and flipped into the woods.
Greensboro police identified the driver as Jefferson Lumby Zeledon, 29, of Greensboro. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11, and two passengers were taken by ambulance to a local hospital with serious injuries. Police said Zeledon died at the scene.
Investigators said Zeledon had first been involved in a hit-and-run in downtown Greensboro before continuing south at high speed. At the T-intersection of South Benbow Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the Acura ran off the road, hit the parked Chevrolet Cobalt, overturned and came to rest off the roadway in the woods.
Police said speed and suspected impairment were factors in the crash. The Greensboro Police Department Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating. That unit handles follow-up investigations of fatal and near-fatal motor vehicle crashes, along with reported hit-and-run crashes.
The wreck cut across a corridor that carries more than just late-night traffic. South Benbow Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive are part of Greensboro Transit’s Route 4, which serves places including Vance Chavis Branch Library, Hayes-Taylor YMCA, Gateway Gardens, Barber Park, Benbow Professional Center, the Joint School of Nanoengineering and Alamance Crossing Shopping Center. A crash at that intersection can ripple far beyond the immediate scene, affecting drivers, transit riders and nearby neighborhoods that rely on those roads every day.
The fatal sequence also comes as Greensboro and state transportation officials continue to focus on roadway safety. The city’s draft Comprehensive Safety Action Plan was open for public review and comment through April 23, 2026, and its digital open house was available through April 10. N.C. Department of Transportation crash-data tools are used to analyze trends and guide road-safety efforts, including the kinds of high-risk behaviors that can turn a single bad decision into multiple injuries and a death.
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